Enoch Bryant Lester

Brief Life History of Enoch Bryant

When Enoch Bryant Lester was born on 7 October 1897, in Dallas, Texas, United States, his father, David Henry Lester, was 28 and his mother, Nancy Lynn Brownlee, was 21. He had at least 3 daughters with Nora Lois Witherspoon. He lived in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 3, Denton, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 25 February 1967, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Enoch Bryant Lester
1897–1967
Nora Lois Witherspoon
1898–1971
Nannie Leona Louise Lester
1920–2010
Pauline Estelle Lester
1927–2005
Billie Jo Lester Dorety
1930–2012

Sources (22)

  • Enoch B Lester, "United States 1950 Census"
  • S B Lester, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1936"
  • Enoch Bryant Lester, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Leicester, which is recorded as Ligeraceastre in the 10th century. The placename derives from an Old English folk name Legore ‘the dwellers by the river Legor (a lost river name)’ + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman fortification’.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lestre in Normandy.

English and Scottish: variant of Lister .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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